Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Stringtown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Stringtown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Stringtown is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
- Jasper County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Carl Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Smithfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Thoms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Klondike
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Airport Drive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Lone Elm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Central City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Central City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Oronogo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Webb City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Joplin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Nashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Mindenmines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Burgess
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Lamar Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Kenoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Lamar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Golden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald County
- May
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Grand Falls Plaza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dennis Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Cliff Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Redings Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Leawood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Saginaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Loma Linda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Spring City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Racine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Badger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Lawton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Empire City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Crestline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- East Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Quaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Neutral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Baxter Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Opolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Klendike
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Cherokee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Yale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Capaldo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Curranville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Beulah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Labette County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Chetopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Strauss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strauss is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Peoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Lincolnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Picher ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Quapaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Ottawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Miami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Wyandotte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dotyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Kellyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown.
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Stringtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Sherwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carl Junction Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Messer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messer Cemetery
- The Messer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spring River Falls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93033 <2>
- Peace Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Joplin.
- Twin Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ritchie Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
- Waco Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30325 <2>
- Webb City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- The Webb City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wild Rose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32195 <2>
- Oronogo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Carl Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smithfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Thoms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Tuckahoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Empire City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- West Joplin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webb City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oronogo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crestline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- East Joplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Labette County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |